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Old Nov 8th 2006, 4:32 pm
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It's just awful We have 1 week left here in Crewe before going to my mum's in Yorkshire then fly on 23rd.

We've only been in Crewe 5 years but I'm realising how many people I know here. My daughter went to a toddler group this morning for the last time and they'd got her a present and made us a cake.

And I've just taken both kids to the hairdressers here for the last time and hairdresser gave us a hug.

Ohhh how am I going to get through this last week without bawling in public and making an embarrassment of myself We have a leaving party for the kids on Sunday and I'm going to find it hard not to burst into tears...

Where's the crying smilie??
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Originally Posted by Spikey
It's just awful We have 1 week left here in Crewe before going to my mum's in Yorkshire then fly on 23rd.

We've only been in Crewe 5 years but I'm realising how many people I know here. My daughter went to a toddler group this morning for the last time and they'd got her a present and made us a cake.

And I've just taken both kids to the hairdressers here for the last time and hairdresser gave us a hug.

Ohhh how am I going to get through this last week without bawling in public and making an embarrassment of myself We have a leaving party for the kids on Sunday and I'm going to find it hard not to burst into tears...

Where's the crying smilie??

Hi there,

youve made me well up just reading that !! god help me we dont leave until the end of january !! LOL
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Old Nov 8th 2006, 4:46 pm
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Originally Posted by Spikey
It's just awful We have 1 week left here in Crewe before going to my mum's in Yorkshire then fly on 23rd.

We've only been in Crewe 5 years but I'm realising how many people I know here. My daughter went to a toddler group this morning for the last time and they'd got her a present and made us a cake.

And I've just taken both kids to the hairdressers here for the last time and hairdresser gave us a hug.

Ohhh how am I going to get through this last week without bawling in public and making an embarrassment of myself We have a leaving party for the kids on Sunday and I'm going to find it hard not to burst into tears...

Where's the crying smilie??
i'm dreading the goodbyes and i'm a bloke .... i think
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Old Nov 8th 2006, 4:49 pm
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Originally Posted by Spikey
It's just awful We have 1 week left here in Crewe before going to my mum's in Yorkshire then fly on 23rd.

We've only been in Crewe 5 years but I'm realising how many people I know here. My daughter went to a toddler group this morning for the last time and they'd got her a present and made us a cake.

And I've just taken both kids to the hairdressers here for the last time and hairdresser gave us a hug.

Ohhh how am I going to get through this last week without bawling in public and making an embarrassment of myself We have a leaving party for the kids on Sunday and I'm going to find it hard not to burst into tears...

Where's the crying smilie??

I'm doing the same here.. leaving for the US next week having lived in the UK 11 years and I am a hairdresser so I'm getting cuddles and kisses all day long, some of my clients start crying and they make me cry.. I hate saying good bye.. I have everybody's e-mail addresses and I intend to keep in touch, have you asked for all your friends' e-mail addresses?

Best wishes..
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Old Nov 8th 2006, 5:00 pm
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Originally Posted by stuckinblighty
i'm dreading the goodbyes and i'm a bloke .... i think
LOL - you *think* you're a bloke, or you *think* you're dreading the goodbyes? Good luck when your time comes
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Hi there,

youve made me well up just reading that !! god help me we dont leave until the end of january !! LOL
It's such a mixture of emotions, I feel excited and happy to get to Oz at last but kind of sad and guilty to when I see that people are genuinely sorry to see us go.
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Old Nov 8th 2006, 5:03 pm
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I'm doing the same here.. leaving for the US next week having lived in the UK 11 years and I am a hairdresser so I'm getting cuddles and kisses all day long, some of my clients start crying and they make me cry.. I hate saying good bye.. I have everybody's e-mail addresses and I intend to keep in touch, have you asked for all your friends' e-mail addresses?

Best wishes..
All the best to you too. Yes I'm doing the email thing, I've also set up a myspace page so I can post pics and keep in touch that way.

It's not so much the good friends I know who will keep in touch with us. It's more the acquaintances who I don't know that well, not well enough to email etc but will still miss....
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All the best for your last week and your new lives. Thats the part im really dreading, it upsets me just thinking about it and we dont even have our visa yet.

Marks dad lives in Crewe.

Where abouts are you heading?

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Originally Posted by mark 'n' joe
All the best for your last week and your new lives. Thats the part im really dreading, it upsets me just thinking about it and we dont even have our visa yet.

Marks dad lives in Crewe.

Where abouts are you heading?

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Hi - we're off to Melbourne

We've only had our visas for 3 weeks, but we've been 2.5 years planning! It feels like the *end* has come about so quickly, a couple of people I spoke to today had no idea we were emigrating.
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Hi - we're off to Melbourne

We've only had our visas for 3 weeks, but we've been 2.5 years planning! It feels like the *end* has come about so quickly, a couple of people I spoke to today had no idea we were emigrating.

Blimey, you dont hang about. Have you been to Melbourne before?

Dont think about it as the end, look at it as the beginning of a great new life.

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I know how goodbyes go - I have done plenty of them too! I just got back from Bath where I went to say Bye to the family - although, I wasn't out and out crying, I was sad.

I have said goodbye to them before - back in 83 when aged 8 we moved to Australia.

Since being back in England (7 years now) I haven't really been that close to them. I don't think it is living in London that has done that, I think it is also not having grown up with them....

I get to say goodbye to the 'out-laws' tomorrow night....

I just wanna get on the plane now and be done with it all....
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Saying goodbyes shortly to another 3 expat familes going back to various parts, hate it turnover of people since we have been here is so high.

Stood at the school gates last week waving goodbye to a family we will in reality probably never see again, my little ones best friend, totally heart wrenching.
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Originally Posted by stuckinblighty
i'm dreading the goodbyes and i'm a bloke .... i think

That avatar looks familiar.....
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Saying goodbyes shortly to another 3 expat familes going back to various parts, hate it turnover of people since we have been here is so high.

Stood at the school gates last week waving goodbye to a family we will in reality probably never see again, my little ones best friend, totally heart wrenching.

Awwwwww... I bet that was hard to watch

but he'll make new friends though.. it's very easy for children to adapt to change
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I try not to say goodbye. I just say. Till the next time i see you. Which i usually do at some point in the future.. Its not goodbye. Its just till the next time. You will find if you think that. It is easier. BTW tell them to come and see you in Oz. Good luck anyway!
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